Lilly Martin Spencer Art

1822-1902

Lilly Martin Spencer was a professional artist for over 60 years, painting portraits, still lifes, miniatures and genre scenes. In the 1850s to mid-1860s her genre scenes depicting domestic topics were engraved for wide distribution, spreading her name and fame, and putting her forward as an American claimant to the rich tradition of European genre, especially the Dutch and English schools whose prints graced parlor walls all over the North American continent. Spencer’s genre scenes remain her best remembered work to this day. Generally sunny, bordering sentimental, they conjure the popular image of antebellum American life, the nostalgic mythology of the last decades of a cultural optimism and innocence that ended (if it ever existed) with the Civil War. Spencer’s own story, however, is considerably more nuanced than this snapshot of her career. She was a skilled portraitist, but it is perhaps her still-life work which is most intriguing. It played an important role as a pictorial element in her most famous genre scenes, but until recently, few examples of her dedicated still life subjects have come to light.

(Biography provided by Hirschl & Adler)

USA

19th Century

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Lilly Martin SpencerLilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Portrait of a Mother and Child

$86,800

Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Portrait of a Mother and Child

By Lilly Martin Spencer

Located in Queens, NY

Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Portrait of a Mother and Child 19th Century. Oil on canvas, signed Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the most popular and American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. She primarily painted domestic scenes, paintings of women and children...

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19th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil

Lilly Martin SpencerLilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) God Bless My Father Portrait Painting

$86,800

Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) God Bless My Father Portrait Painting

By Lilly Martin Spencer

Located in Queens, NY

Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Rare Portrait God Bless My Father. **Figure 84 from principal book/catalogue on Lilly Martin Spencer. 19th Century. Oil on canvas, signed Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the most popular and American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. She primarily painted domestic scenes, paintings of women and children...

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19th Century Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil

Raimundo de Madrazo y GarretaRaimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery, Circa: 1880

$750,000

H 132 in W 87.5 in D 8 in

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery

By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Located in LA, CA

Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depic...

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19th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil

French school 19th Century, Portrait of a man, 1880, oil painting dated

Sold|~~$1,923~~

H 19.3 in W 14.18 in

French school 19th Century, Portrait of a man, 1880, oil painting dated

Located in Paris, FR

French School 19th Century Portrait of a man dated "aout 1880" (august 1880) and perhaps initials on the lower right Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard panel 49 x 36 cm In good co...

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1880s Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil

Rudolf Klinsbogl KlingsbergPre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait

$2,000

H 12 in W 10.75 in

Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait

By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg

Located in Surfside, FL

Rudolf KLINGSBÖGL Austrian Viennese painter and teacher. Chassidic rebbe with Shtreimel. Klingsbogl was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops, pubs and cellars. His style is very distinctive. rare to find good jewish work that survived the holocaust as so much of it was destroyed. Other works by Rudolf Klingsbogl (sometimes known as Klingsberg}: Rabbis Studying Around a Table, The Huntsman, The Pet Bird, Blacksmith Interior Scene, Three Men with Chat and Drink, The Sailors, The Old Drinker, Debating the News, Sunday Afternoon, Man Looking at Pocket Watch. Game of Cards in a Tavern, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a Child, Franz Schubert at the Piano, Johann Strauss (The Younger). Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting and blessing a child in a European marketplace...

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Early 20th Century Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil

Gianni StrinoPortrait of a Woman in Front of the Sea, Romantic Oil Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century

$2,120Sale Price|20% Off

H 33.13 in W 25.25 in D 2.25 in

Portrait of a Woman in Front of the Sea, Romantic Oil Painting, Signed

By Gianni Strino

Located in Soquel, CA

Portrait of a Woman in Front of the Sea - Original Romantic Oil Painting Beautifully rendered and realistic portrait by Gianni (Giovanni) Strino (Italian b. 1953.) A woman stands in...

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Late 20th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840

$1,798

H 29.14 in W 22.45 in

Romantic Portrait of a Woman in Oriental Dress among Greek Ruins, ca. 1840

Located in Firenze, IT

Female Figure in Oriental Dress among the Ruins of Romantic Greece Oil on canvas, 61 × 46 cm (without frame), 74 × 57 cm (with frame) Early to mid-19th century Not signed A youn...

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1840s Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Romantic European painter - 19th century figure painting - The soldier, c.1850

$2,997

H 31.11 in W 25.6 in

Romantic European painter - 19th century figure painting - The soldier

Located in Varmo, IT

Romantic Painter (second half of the 19th century) - The Soldier. 50.5 x 38 cm (unframed) — 79 x 66 cm (framed). Oil on canvas, in a carved wooden frame (not signed). Proven...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Romantic European painter - 19th century figure painting - Portrait of lady, c.1850

$2,638

H 29.14 in W 23.63 in

Romantic European painter - 19th century figure painting - Portrait of lady

Located in Varmo, IT

Romantic painter (second half of the 19th century) - Portrait of a Lady. 45.5 x 31 cm (unframed) — 74 x 60 cm (framed). Oil on canvas, in a carved wooden frame (not signed). Full-...

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Mid-19th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue Empire Dress, 19th Century

$2,525

H 10.63 in W 8.27 in D 0.79 in

Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue Empire Dress, 19th Century

Located in Genève, GE

Dimensions with frame: 43,5 x 38,5 x 8 cm. This refined oil portrait depicts a young woman presented in a graceful three-quarter pose, her soft gaze and subtle smile conveying both ...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Young Boy with Cap and Red Scarf, European Oil Painting, Circa 1900

$1,439

H 12.76 in W 9.61 in D 0.4 in

Portrait of a Young Boy with Cap and Red Scarf, European Oil Painting

Located in Genève, GE

Dimension with frame: 42,5 x 34,5 x 4 cm. A sensitive and finely observed portrait of a young boy shown in profile, wearing a dark cap and a vivid red scarf. The composition is inti...

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Early 20th Century Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Mark BeardUntitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)

$3,400

H 26 in W 17 in D 1.5 in

Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male oil on canvas, 26 x 17 inches in antique wood frame This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of sin...

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2010s Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Francisco GoyaLa Maja Vestida, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, Early 19th Century, 1900

$3,552Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.75 in W 53.15 in

La Maja Vestida, Romantic Oil Painting on Canvas, Early 19th Century

By Francisco Goya

Located in New York, NY

Very good copy of "La maja vestida" after Francisco Goya, around 1900.

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Early 19th Century Romantic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mark BeardReady to Play (Academic Figurative Painting of Male Athlete by Mark Beard), date unknown

$3,500

H 26 in W 22 in D 1.5 in

Ready to Play (Academic Figurative Painting of Male Athlete by Mark Beard)

By Mark Beard

Located in Hudson, NY

Academic style figurative oil painting of a handsome football player against a country landscape 'Ready to Play', Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the...

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2010s Academic Lilly Martin Spencer Art

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Canvas, Oil

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